Friday, February 13, 2009

Exhale....

The Wife is home, safe and sound.

The Daughter and I picked her up on schedule last night, no problem, no fuss, no muss. But on the way home from the airport, we did notice five or six police cars and emergency vehicles speeding, lights flashing, past us on the eastbound lanes of I-90. We didn't really think much of this...until this morning, when I learned that within fifteen minutes of The Wife's plane landing, another plane went down about five minutes out from the Buffalo Niagara Airport.

What a strange mix of horror and relief. But for anyone reading this blog who might have seen notice of a plane crash in Buffalo, The Wife was not on that plane.

That's too close for comfort, but perhaps it's like in The World According to Garp, when he buys their house right after a plane hits it because the chances of that happening again are next to nothing.

Good to hear. Like everyone else commenting, I immediately thought of you and your family when I heard the crash was in Buffalo... then I thought "naaaah, Buffalo's a pretty big place..." Then I thought, "well, let's just be sure..."

Anyhow, I'm glad everyone in Casa Jaquandor are safe, and condolences to those who lost someone.

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